I liked the way this little scene looked as though it could have been taken in the mountains somewhere instead of our flat little corner of Brittany!
This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: for April it's the Fujinon 27mm f/2.8 on an APS-C sensor camera (today the Fuji X-T10) - the equivalent of a 40mm lens on a full-frame camera.
Beautiful bw,. but looking at this I see the cows looking at you. I was thinking you could challenge some one to shot cows or horses in which none of them are watching you shot them LOL
@fbailey It could be any of all of these for a given image... and a bit of luck is always welcome - but let me try to be more helpful! Certainly you need to know your camera but, more specifically you need to know the exposure triangle - aperture, shutter speed and ISO - and how they interact and also the effect on the image of using different focal lengths and at varying apertures. You need to take lots and lots of B&W images so that you can train your eye and your brain into recognizing what makes a good B&W image. If you have a camera with an electronic viewfinder or can use Liveview and the rear screen, then you can view and compose the image in B&W which s a great help..
Yes, there may be processing involved but the basic image needs to be sound and suitable for conversion otherwise no amount of processing will turn a poor colour image into a good B&W one. Last year I shot in B&W with a fixed focal length for the whole year and all images were straight from the camera with no processing or cropping of any kind.
The best way to learn is just to roll your sleeves up and have a go... good luck.
@vignouse Thank you very much indeed for taking the time to send such a comprehensive e reply, I appreciate it very much. Am preparing to roll up my sleeves!
Yes, there may be processing involved but the basic image needs to be sound and suitable for conversion otherwise no amount of processing will turn a poor colour image into a good B&W one. Last year I shot in B&W with a fixed focal length for the whole year and all images were straight from the camera with no processing or cropping of any kind.
The best way to learn is just to roll your sleeves up and have a go... good luck.